Follow spoken narrative (4)
I believe the answer is:
tale
'narrative' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'follow spoken' is the wordplay.
'follow' becomes 'tail' (I've seen this before).
'spoken' shows a homophone (sound like).
'tail' sounds like 'TALE'.
(Other definitions for tale that I've seen before include "Narrative - fabrication" , "'Story, narrative (4)'" , "relation" , "Late with a story" , "See 20" .)